ranked.vote // Minneapolis City Council Ward 9

The Minneapolis Municipal Election was held on May 13, 2025. Jason Chavez was the winner out of 2 candidates after 1 elimination round.

Jason Chavez was also the Condorcet winner.

Jason ChavezDaniel OrbanUndeclared Write-insEliminated in round 1

Runoff Rounds

This Sankey diagram shows the votes of each remaining candidate at each round, as well as the breakdown of votes transferred when each candidate was eliminated.

Note that the tabulation (but not the winner) may differ from the official count. You can read more about why this is.

Round 1Round 2Jason ChavezDaniel OrbanUndeclared Write-insExhausted72.4%20.9%6.3%72.5%20.9%6.5%Jason ChavezDaniel OrbanExhausted

Pairwise Preferences

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who preferred one to the other. A preference means that either a voter ranks a candidate ahead of the other, or ranks one candidate but does not list the other. Ballots which rank neither candidate are not counted towards the percent counts.

Less-preferred Candidate
Preferred Candidate
Jason Chavez
Daniel Orban
Undeclared Write-ins
Jason Chavez77.6%98.1%
Daniel Orban22.4%94.9%
Undeclared Write-ins1.9%5.1%

First Alternate

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who ranked one candidate first ranked the other candidate second.

Second Choice
First Choice
Jason Chavez
Daniel Orban
Undeclared Write-ins
Exhausted
Jason Chavez16.4%2%81.6%
Daniel Orban19.7%5.5%74.8%
Undeclared Write-ins23.1%15.4%61.5%

Ranking Distribution

This shows how many candidates voters ranked, both overall and broken down by each candidate's first-choice supporters. This reveals whether some candidates attracted voters who ranked multiple candidates versus those who ranked fewer candidates.

Number of Candidates Ranked
Candidate
1
2
3
All Candidates
(7,883 voters)
80.0%18.2%1.8%
Jason Chavez
(6,098 voters)
81.6%16.7%1.7%
Daniel Orban
(1,759 voters)
74.8%23.4%1.8%
Undeclared Write-ins
(26 voters)
61.5%19.2%19.2%

Final Vote by First Choice

This table tracks which candidate ballots were ultimately allocated to, among ballots that ranked an eliminated candidate first.

Final Round Choice
First Round Choice
Jason Chavez
Daniel Orban
Exhausted
Undeclared Write-ins23.1%15.4%61.5%

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